⁸⁵ Literally, "for the name of."

⁸⁶ Literally, "for the name of."

⁸⁷ Literally, "bidding farewell to."

⁸⁸ Or, "for the sake of honour."

⁸⁹ Literally, "bidding farewell to."

⁹⁰ Comp. Ezek. xviii. 23, 32, xxxiii. 11; 2 Pet. iii. 9.

⁹¹ The ms. has "Burgus."

⁹² Or, "for the sake of honour."

¹ Literally, "holy-bearing."

² Literally, "holy-bearing."

³ Rom. i. 3.

⁴ Theodoret, in quoting this passage, reads, "the Godhead and power."

⁵ Matt. iii. 15.

⁶ i.e., the cross, "fruit" being put for Christ on the tree.

⁷ Isa. v. 26, xlix. 22.

⁸ Col. i. 15.

⁹ Rom. i. 3.

¹⁰ Matt. iii. 15.

¹¹ Literally, "we are."

¹² Or, "seeing that they are phantasmal and diabolical," as some render, but the above is preferable.

¹³ John i. 14.

¹⁴ John ii. 19.

¹⁵ John xii. 32.

¹⁶ Prov. ix. 1.

¹⁷ Num. xxi. 9; John iii. 14.

¹⁸ Literally, "in the flesh."

¹⁹ Literally, "demon." According to Jerome, this quotation is from the Gospel of the Nazarenes. Comp. Luke xxiv. 39.

²⁰ Literally, "above death."

²¹ Literally, "demon." According to Jerome, this quotation is from the Gospel of the Nazarenes. Comp. Luke xxiv. 39.

²² Luke xxiv. 39.

²³ John xx. 27.

²⁴ John xx. 28.

²⁵ Acts i. 11.

²⁶ Rev. i. 7.

²⁷ Zech. xii. 10.

²⁸ Or, "mark."

²⁹ Comp. Rom. viii. 17.

³⁰ Comp. Phil. iv. 13.

³¹ Or, "foolishly."

³² i.e., As they imagine Christ to have suffered only in appearance, so they believe that we suffer in vain.

³³ Literally, "a flesh-bearer."

³⁴ Literally, "a death-bearer."

³⁵ Literally, "a flesh-bearer."

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